Mailing package



Feb. 5 ,P19-24. LMME s. o, LANGE d MAILING PACKAGE Filed a 3, 1.922 2 Sheets-Sheet EL Ms YL 0-\ F@ 5 1924. MMA-72" S. O. LANGE MAILING PACKAGE Filed May 5, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 figli- COMO/V E @5% en //e Large? g V ETEN OLIVER LANGE, F ST. LOUXS, MIISURE.

Application filed Hey 3,

lo and including a separate fabric container connected with the envelope.

Another object of the invention is to rovide a mailing package of the class descrl ed havin a novel mounting for the postage,

2o Where y a plurality of stamps are arranged `so that cancelled stamps maybe removed and as an incident. to the removal of the cancelled stamp an uncancelled stamp is dis layed for postage purposes.

dditional advantages of the construction will be apparent from the following detailed description thereof. taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which ig. 1 is a front view of the package in to assembled condition for mailing.

Fig. 2 is a reverse view of the package in the Same assembled condition as shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view of the extended envelope blank and the annexed fabric container'.

Fig. 4 is a face View of the insertable address card.` Fig. 5 is a reverse view of the same. Fig. 6 is a cross section taken on the en line 6 6 of Fig. 1.

Fi 7 is a vertical section taken on the line -7 of Fig. 1. l

Fig. 8 isa view of the extended envelope blank without the attached fabric container. to Fig. 9 is a front view of the package without the fabric container.

Fig. 10 is a reverse view of the same. Fig. 11 is a face View of the insertible address card used in the envelope without a@ the fabric container.

Fig. 12 is a reverse view of the same. Fig. 13 is a view ofa coupon card inrmn'e Pacman 1922. erial No. 553,065.

sertible in the supplement compartment of the envelope.

Fig. 14 is a cross section taken on the 55 line 14-14 of Fig. 9.

rlwo forms of the invention are illustrated in the drawings, Figs. 1 to 7 inclusive illustrating a mailing package in which a fabric container is attached to the envelope portion of the package, and Figs. 8 to 14 inclusive illustrating the envelope without the fabric container. In each instance the envelope portion is made up of a blank having panels 1, 2 and 3, the panels being separated lo score lines 4 and 5 respectively upon whic the panels are foldable. At one end ci the panel 2 is a gummed flap 6 and at the end of the panel 3 is a gummed iap 7.

1n forming the envelope the panel 1 is folded inwardly on the score line a, and the panel 3 is then folded over theouter face of the panel 1 and the jgummed flap 7 is folded over the lower front edge of the panel 2. rlhis arrangement secures the parts together in such manner that the panel 1 constitutes a partition through the envelope dividing it into a front and rear compartment. The panel 2 has a cut-out portion 8 in which any suitable transparent window 9 may be mounted.

ln the embodimenthof the invention in which the fabric container is attached to 'the envelope the container itself, in the form of a bag 10 having one end closed and the other end open and having one wall thereof adjacent to the open end. extended as indicated at 11, is attached to the end of the envelope by doubling over the extended wall of the container between the bod of the l envelope and the iap 6 which Hap 1s turned over the extended portion of the fabric container and secured to the body of the fabric container, leaving the open portion of the fabric container adjacent to the back face of the envelope portion of the container. The opposite end of the fabric container has a stiif piece of card board 12 or the like inserted therein, and a staple 13 or other securing device is inserted through the strip 12 with the head thereof inside the fabric container and the prongs extending outwardly.

A loose Hap 14. is provided at the opposite end of the panel 2 so that when the fabric container 10 is folded inwardly against the back face 3 of the envelope body the flap 14 is turned in between the panels 1 and 3, with the prongs of the fastening device extending through openings 15 and 16 in fthe walls of the flap 14 and the body portion of the envelope and through openings 16 in the panels 1 and 3. C.

In assembling the envelope for mailing purposes a reversible address card 17 is provided. This card has an opening 18 therethrough through which the prongs of the securing device extend when the address card is placed in position in the front compartment of the envelope portion of the package. By reversing the card a return address will be displayed throu h the window portion of the envelope t ereby providing means for sending and returning the package without the necessity of separately addressing the same.

On the front face of the envelope ortion is a ostage mounting comprising a p urality of aps of paper, the bottom one of which is secured directly to the paper by the auxiliary flap 19, said fla being turned over 'at its. upper end provi ing a secondary flap 20. Postage stamps 21 are secured to 'the front face of each of the flaps, said postage stamps being superimposed on each other and being removable from the postage support by tearing the uppermost flap from the support, thus exposing the stamp carried by the subjacent flap of the postage stamp suport.

p The sup lemental or rear compartment of the envelbpe section of the package is designed to contain a coupon card 22 or may be utilized for maintaimn any other paper such as a bill, invqice or tile like.

The mailing package of the present con` struction has many applications, but is particularly designed for the mailing and return of photographic films and prints. The customer may be supplied with the ackages upon which appears on one side o the address card the name of the establishment to which it is desired to send the film for development. The customer places his 'name on the reverse side of the address card and places the coupon card in the supplemental compartment of the envelope. he establishment upon developing the films reverses the address card, places the coupon, together with the negatives and prints in the rear compartment of the envelope, reassembles the package, removes the upper flap of the postage stamp support and remails the package.

By 'giving an example of the use of the packa e it 1s not in any wise intended to limit its use to such llpurposes, as other appllications for use wi readily suggest them- S6 V68.

1. A mailing package, comprising a two com artment envelope havin a free flap for closing the envelope, one o said compartments having a Window, av reversible address card arranged to be inserted in one of said compartments so as to be visible throu h said window, a fabric container attache to one end of said envelope body and bein foldable inwardly, and means fork attachin the free end of said fabric container and a so securing the free Hap of the envelope in position. v

2. A mailing package, comprising an envelope body, an open-ended fabric container having one wall adjacent to the envelope body connected therewith, said fabric container being foldable over the rear face of the envelope body, and releasable means for closing the end of the envelope andalso for holding the closed end of said container in position across the rear face of the envelope body.

3. A mailing package, comprising an envelope composed of three parallel panels, said panels being foldable so as to provide a partition wall dividing the envelope into two compartments, a securing flap at the edge of one of the end panels, a securin flap at the end of the center panel, a free ap at the other end of the panel, a window in the center panel, said panels being soarranged and said'iaps being so disposed that when folded the will comprise a double-compartment enve ope sealed on three sides and having one end thereof adapted to be closed by said free flap, and a fabric container having one end open and permanentl secured to said anel and the other end c osed and releasa ly secured to said panel.

4. In an envelope, a postage support comprising a plurality of leaves secured together at one adjacent edge thereof and adapted to receive postage stamps and being successively removable to expose subjacent postage stamps supported by the leaves for successive cancellation thereon during successive trips, the outermost stamp bein adapted to carry the envelope on its initizil trip and to be cancelled during such transit, a fabric container having one end open and permanently secured to said envelope and the other end closed, and means engaging the closed end of said container holding said container fiat against the envelope in position to prevent the contents of the container from working out of the open end.

5. A mailing package, comprising envelope structure sealed on its top and bottom edges and at one end, and open at the opposite end and having a Hap for closing the open end, a fabric container having one end thereof open and having a Wall thereof adjacent to the open end extended, means for l securing said extended portion of the fabric container to one end of the envelope, a strip of stiff material inserted in the closed end envelope.

STEPHEN OLIVER LANGE 

